diff --git a/repos/ports/mk/gnu_build.mk b/repos/ports/mk/gnu_build.mk
index 4d03b65ea8..93816fc09c 100644
--- a/repos/ports/mk/gnu_build.mk
+++ b/repos/ports/mk/gnu_build.mk
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ $(TARGET): installed.tag
 # Trigger creation of symlinks to the build results at '<build-dir>/bin/'
 #
 ifneq ($(INSTALL_TAR_ARCHIVE),)
+BUILD_ARTIFACTS := $(addsuffix .tar,$(TARGET))
 $(TARGET): installed_tar.tag
 endif